Oona

[justkae]

I got a tip from someone on deviantart and after a little bit of Wilbur fiddling and a lot of Photoshop fiddling I created this map whose height map I'd generated using a guild members' Photoshop tutorial (something about difference clouds, overlay, gradient fill circles and stuff?).

The name came when I was in some sort of weird wikipedia loop (it started with Bermuda) and ended up on Oona O'Neill (also, I got re-stuck in the loop and finished on one of Chaplin's unproduced films)

?Oh, but nevermind that! here's the island Oona

[Mapsburgh]

Your attachment isn't working for me. Could you try re-uploading it, or posting it as an image in a post?

[justkae]

Don't know why it didn't work originally

[Diamond]

I really like that. Convincing landforms (with a hint of elevation lines?) and good colors make it pop. Not a huge fan of the thick, overwhelming border, but that's a minor quibble.

And I hear ya about Wiki rabbit holes. I went from looking up info on St. Louis, Missouri to reading about the reproductive cycle of wasps.

[Robulous]

Nice start. I'd suggest ditching the ocean terrain details and just have flat sea - it draws the eye away from the island, particularly since you have terrain plus the outlining, it's a bit confusing stylistically. And yes the checkerboard border is a bit distracting, and it actually overlaps a bit of the map at the top.

[justkae]

Aww, I really liked the border, especially the bit here it overlapped the map :p

But I definitely agree about the ocean terrain. I was trying to minimize it a lot, but it just kept popping up!! I'll fix that no problem!

eproductive cycle of wasps

.... what kind of wasps?

[Diamond]

Don't remember what kind. They're all nasty little buggers that need to die in a fire though.